1. Application Software (i) Written SoftwareWritten Software (ii) Off-The-Shelf SoftwareOff-The-Shelf Software 25 th June 2005 Saturday Computer Studies Lower Sixth Form Prepared by: T.Fina

2. www.brainybetty.com2 Application Software Application software is used to perform specific tasks. Some application software needs to be used within a particular operating system & sometimes needs special computer. BACK NEXT HOME

3. www.brainybetty.com3 (i) Written Software It is a software that is programmed or written by a programmer. Usually it takes up a lot of time to finish the software and more expensive to hire a programmer to do. Needs a lot specialties and expertise from the programmer skills to do the program which is requested by any organisation. It is like writing a suite of programs using certain language to perform the required tasks. Examples of software is like organisation specific file system and so on. BACK HOME NEXT

4. www.brainybetty.com4 (ii) Off-The-Shelf Software Is the ready-made software which is available and can be bought from any computer shop easily. It is cheaper than hiring a programmer to do it. It is like buying a database package and build a customised application to suit your exact requirements. Examples of software are like database (MS Access), word processing and so on. BACK HOME NEXT

5. www.brainybetty.com5 TASKS FOR YOU Write a research_from_web_notes on application softwares including the differences between written software and off-the-shelf software. BACK HOME Thank Q 4 ur attention